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Show the few women there, while she waits for a few more years to give freedom in leaving home, and Avhile we wait for the single lady who will make use of the women we are training. Mrs.Wang is in her home in Lintsing, the only Christian Avoman in her neighorhood, but still fairly regular in her church attendance,- never ashamed of her unbound feed, and just at present very much interested in havring her husband's second wife learn to read and attend church.. When the fall time came, we sent one young woman to the Bible Training School in Peking, two to the Bridgman Academy, one to the P'ang Chuang station class, and three to the P'ang Chuang girls school. One of the girls who Avent to Peking has returned home on account of poor health and an unregenerate heart. No hope in this life or in the life to come seems to be able to move her to do anything that she does not feel inclined to do. She takes medicine, exercise and food at her OAvn caprice, and we stand by and can do nothing. - Dr.Tallmon and Mrs.Ellis made a trip of two weeks to the south and east just before Christmas that was full of interest and encouragement. Nine outstations were Adsited. Some dispensing of medcine Avas done but it seemed most unsatisfactory. So many diseases of long standing Avere brought for Avhich "Go to P'ang Chuang" was the only remedy given. In eA-ery place there was a group of quiet, respectful men churchmembers, but the women Avere noticeable for their absence or their presence merely as visitors. Dr.Tallmon had decided that her last box of dolls and scrapbooks should be given to the children in the outstations rather than to those in Lintsing itself, because the latter have had such treats more than once in the past, Seventy or eighty happy little folk in the outstations probably think of Dr. Tallmon much as Ave used to of Santa Claus. One of the objects of the trip Avas to find what women and little girls would be ready to enter school after New Year. It Avas very encouraging to find hoAV many parents were planning for their little girls to enter school, and planning in the very definite Avay of unbinding of feet, or, better still, of not binding them at all. One father did no small amount of work himself on the shoes of his daughter. We found that Ave would have no trouble in making unbound feet a condition for entering school. Mrs. Ting and Miss Chang made a trip of six Aveeks just before Mrs. Ting's last illness. They went to the Avest, visiting among the church members, holding meetings, comforting the persecuted, explaining the conditions for entering the school and station class, and helping the women |
